up movie, ed asner

 this afternoon i watched a DVD movie, a recent purchase from amazon, 'up'. i recognized the voices of ed asner, and john ratzenberger, in it. what inspired me to find it was a youtube video, where it was clips of the movie and the song in the background was 'nothingman' by pearl jam. the song is not in the movie, but this happens all the time on youtube, where there are 'mashups' so i didn't mind. normally i don't go for animated movies, but this one was all right. i liked the premise of the main character deciding to give the retirement community the slip and the balloons helped lift his house off of the ground. and the kid looking for a merit badge added plenty to the story, because it gave the main character more of a purpose in life. and it is a time-honored to have two people that are a mismatch stuck with each other in order to make it funnier. at first i wondered if it was a mistake to read an article online about the movie, as it gave away the ending, but then found out it really didn't. i still got out today after the snow, going to a copy store to make copies of tax forms and will get my state tax return submitted soon. then it was on to IKEA near mall of america to have lunch. it was a little disappointing when frozen yogurt was not available, as it was on the birthday coupon offer at the bistro, but i just went to their restaurant and had some swedish meatballs. then i got sidetracked and tried to get a bookcase to replace one that had collapsed. except the one i wanted, with shelves that are screwed in and not adjustable, was not in stock. also not available online, at least in terms of being shipped to the store, and it is the only location in the area. so i did some more researching online and i will try another store next weekend, near a place where i will have an oil change done. after lunch and before the movie i went to the family dollar and got some microwave popcorn, and while there i noticed some big plastic storage containers there, another option for storage of books. i called my dad later in the evening, and said i had heard about tornados in iowa, with some fatalities, it was online. during my walks i found 2 dollars 16 cents.